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The movement to increase accountability for police officers who use excessive force may have seen its most significant setback yet with the second election of Donald Trump as president. Trump has ...

THE ISSUE UNDER THE LEGAL MICROSCOPE, THERE’S A NEW FOCUS ON THE DOCTRINE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN JACKSON RECENTLY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE IS CONSTITUTIONAL THAT HAS BEEN ...

In back-to-back rulings on when cops should be afforded qualified immunity, an appeals court came to radically different conclusions. I like dogs. I’m a “dog person.” I think people who don’t like ...

A California woman won't be allowed to sue the police officer who allegedly leaked a confidential abuse report to her violent boyfriend after the Supreme Court declined to review her case, ending her ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Glyn Hart, 46, died by suicide Nov. 1, 2021, in a La Junta holding cell. (Photo provided by Spencer Bryan) Glyn Hart was suicidal when he crashed into a ...

A Jackson County detective was denied qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging he lied in an affidavit. Qualified immunity protects government officials from liability unless their conduct violates ...

General skepticism toward qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that makes it difficult to sue rights-violating state and local government officials, has over the years brought together weird ...

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a California police officer denied qualified immunity in a civil rights ...

For more than half a century, so-called qualified immunity has shielded police officers from lawsuits. Now, Congress and some state houses are... How Reforming Qualified Immunity Could Transform ...